Other / mixed grade configuration · Norwood, MO

Skyline Elem.

Federal NCES profile for Skyline Elem., including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 46/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 291101000376
0/100100/10046/100
👥 S:T ratio
61
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
46
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Skyline Elem. earns 46/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 83% of Missouri schools.

#3 of 3
schools in Norwood · Resource Index
46
Resource Index · Typical
9.8:1
small classes for Missouri
55.2%
free-lunch eligible

Skyline Elem. has class sizes smaller than 83% of Missouri schools. Computed live against every Missouri school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Skyline Elem. ranks #3 of 3 schools in Norwood, MO.

School address

Enrollment

88

Missouri · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

9.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.8:1

vs 12.8:1 Missouri avg

-23% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

55.2%

vs 46.1% Missouri avg

+20% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Skyline Elem. compares with Missouri and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.8:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Skyline Elem.

Skyline Elem. is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Norwood, Missouri, enrolling 88 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.8:1 puts it in the smaller third of Missouri schools by student-teacher ratio.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 55.2% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 88 puts it in the smaller third of Missouri schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 2,313 scored Missouri schools.

Among 71 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Missouri schools statewide, it ranks #61, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is predominantly White (90% of enrollment) (diversity index 18/100).

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 21.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 31.9% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

The federal civil-rights collection also records 2 expulsions at this campus for 2021-22.

Skyline R-Ii operates only this one school, so Skyline Elem. has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Skyline Elem. compares

Skyline Elem. on the metrics families compare, against Missouri and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Missouri Missouri avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.8:1 ▼ 23% 12.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 55.2% ▲ 20% 46.1% 51.7%
Enrollment 88 top 89% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.8:1
Leaner classes than 90% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
88
Bigger than 9% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
55.2%
free-lunch eligible - 20% above the Missouri average of 46.1%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
9.8:1
students per teacher - 23% below state mean
Top 17% in Missouri - lower ratio than 83% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
21.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$13,711
per pupil, district-wide - above Missouri avg of $12,931
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 3 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.4 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 2 expulsions.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 89.8%
Two or More 10.2%

Largest group: White at 89.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 18.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 18.3, Skyline Elem. is less mixed than the Missouri school average of 31.0.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Skyline R-Ii, which includes Skyline Elem..

$13,711
Per student
+6%
vs Missouri
Avg $12,931
-17%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 35.1%
State 32.9%
Federal 31.9%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Missouri, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Skyline Elem.'s federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Skyline Elem.

How many students attend Skyline Elem.?

Skyline Elem. has 88 students enrolled. It is a public school in Norwood, MO.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Skyline Elem.?

The student-teacher ratio at Skyline Elem. is 9.8:1, which is 23% lower than the Missouri average of 12.8:1 and 38% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Skyline Elem.?

55.2% of students at Skyline Elem. are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Missouri average of 46.1%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Skyline Elem.?

The largest demographic group at Skyline Elem. is White at 89.8% of enrollment, in Norwood, MO.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Skyline Elem.?

Skyline Elem. has a Resource Investment Index of 46/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Skyline Elem. rank among schools in Norwood?

By Resource Investment Index, Skyline Elem. ranks #3 of 3 schools in Norwood, MO. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Norwood on the city page.

Is Skyline Elem. a good school?

Skyline Elem. earns 46/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 83% of Missouri schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Skyline R-Ii?

None reported; Skyline R-Ii operates only Skyline Elem. as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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